When she Was young，Patti Wilson was told that she was an epileptic(癫痫患者)．Her father，Jim Wilson，is a morning runner．One day Patti told father that what

she’d really love to do is running．Her father told her，“If you do，I know how to do it，

so let’S start running!”

   That’s just what they did every day．It was a wonderful experience for them to share．After a few weeks，she told her father，“Daddy，what I，d really love to do is to break the world，s long—distance running record for women.

    As a student in her first year at college。Patti announced，“I'm going to run from Orange County up to San Francisco(a distance of 400 miles)．“In my second year，”she went on，“I’m going to run to Portland，Oregon(over 1，5Q0 miles)．” “I’ll run to the White House(more than 3，000 miles away)in my fourth year at college．”

    That year，she finished her run to San Francisco．Her dad ran every mile at her

side，and her mom，a nurse，followed in a motor home behind them in case(万一)anything went wrong．The next year，on the way to Portland，a bone(骨头)broke in her

foot．A doctor told her she had to stop．But she wouldn't give up．So she kept on running to Portland．Four months later，Patti arrived in Washington and shook the hand of President of the United States．If Patti Wilson can do so much with such poor health，what can you do to out form(战胜)yourself in a health state?

1．Patti，as a child，told her father she wanted to_________.

  A．run

  B．go to college

  C．run to San Francisco

  D．shake hands with President of the United States

2．The time she spent running together with her father was ________ ．

A．hard    B．boring    C．pleasant     D. helpless

3．What is Patti's mother?

A. A doctor   B. A nurse    C. A runner   D.  A motorbiker

4．Which of the following is True?

  A．Patti finished her college life ahead of time(提前)．

  B．Patti finished her running plan for college ahead of time.

  C．Patti didn't finish her running plan she announced at college.

  D．Patti finished her running plan in the fourth year of her college life.

5．The underlined sentence suggests that ______ ．

  A．the writer is pleased with what healthy people have done

  B．people can do much better than they think they can

  C．healthy people are doing better than sick people

  D．healthy people should do everything as well as sick people

    When she was young，Merry Wilson was told that she was an epileptic(癫痫患者) ．He father，Jim Wilson，is a morning runner．One day，Merry told her father that what she’d really love to do is running．Her father told her，“If you do．I know how to do it．So let’s start running!”

    That’s just what they did every day．It was a good time for them to share．After a few weeks，she told her father,“Daddy，what I’d really love to do is to break the world’s long-distance running record for women．”

    As a student in her first year in college，Merry said，“I’m going to run from Orange County to San Francisco(a distance of 400 kilometers)．“in my second year,”she went on，“I’m going to run to Portland，Oregon(over l,500 kilometers)．)“I will run to the White House(more than 3,000 kilometers away) in my fourth year at college”

    That year，she finished her run to San Francisco．Her dad ran every kilometer  at her side，and her mom，a nurse，followed in a car in case(万一)anything went wrong．The next year，on the way to Portland，a bone(骨头)broke in her foot．A doctor told her she had to stop．But she didn’t stop．So she kept running to Portland．Four months later，Merry ran to Washington and shook the hand of the president of the USA．

    If Merry can do so much with such poor health，what can you do to outperform(战胜) yourself in a healthy state?

1．Merry．as a child．told her father she wanted to ______ ．

  A．run    B．go to college    C．ran to San Francisco    D．sing

2．The time she spent running together with her father was _____．

  A．hard    B．boring    C．pleasant    D．helpless

3．---What is Merry’s mother?---一She’s a _______．

  A．doctor    B．nurse    C．runner    D．car driver

4．What does the passage tell us?

A．Healthy people can’t do as well as the sick people．

B．People can do much better than they think they can．

C．Sick people can’t do as well as the healthy people．

D．The writer isn’t pleased with what the healthy people do.

One day, I went to see my last patient(病人), an old woman. In the doorway, I saw she was struggling (挣扎) to put socks on her swollen (浮肿)feet in the bed. I stepped in, spoke quickly to the nurse, read her chart noting. I was almost in the clear that she was not in serious condition.
I asked, “Could I help put on your socks? How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they’re better today. The nurse mentioned you’re anxious to see your son. He’s visiting you today. It’s nice to have a family visit. I think you really look forward to seeing him."
"Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours." She said with a serious voice.
I was surprised as I helped her with the socks. She told me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that was the main cause of her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head no and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.
Each story is different. Some are detailed; others are simple. Some have a beginning, middle and end; others don’t have clear ends. Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard — without interruption(打断) or judgment(评价).
It was that woman who taught me the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. And, not long after, in an unexpected accident, I became a patient. 20 years later, I sit all the time — in a wheelchair.
For as long as I could, I continued to see patients from my chair. I believe in the power of listening

1. 1.

   How was the old woman?

   1. A.
      Her feet were swollen
   2. B.
      Her sugars were high
   3. C.
      She was not badly ill
   4. D.
      Her blood pressure was better
2. 2.

   How did the doctor know that the old woman’s son was visiting her?

   1. A.
      The nurse told him
   2. B.
      The old woman told him
   3. C.
      The woman’s son told him
   4. D.
      The doctor got it from her chart noting
3. 3.

   What did the old woman think caused her health problems?

   1. A.
      Her son’s not seeing her
   2. B.
      No one listening to her story
   3. C.
      The medical care of the hospital
   4. D.
      The distance between her and her son
4. 4.

   When the patient told the doctor her stories, what she needed might be ______

   1. A.
      keeping smiling
   2. B.
      interruption or judgment
   3. C.
      listening without interruption
   4. D.
      communicating with each other
5. 5.

   Which statement is NOT right according to the passage?

   1. A.
      Her son lived close to her house
   2. B.
      The old woman didn’t need the doctor’s treatments
   3. C.
      Listening is powerful medicine
   4. D.
      The doctor has to “walk” with the help of a wheel chair